Special Collections Research Center
Abbot E. Smith Papers
Smith, Abbot E., b. 1906
Mss. 79 Svo5
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1.50 Linear Feet
1930-1939
2365.00 items
English
General
Biographical Information:
Abbot E. Smith (1906- ), historian and author of Colonists in Bondage: White Servitude and Convict Labor in America, 1607-1766.
Acquisition Information:
Gift
Custodial History:
Transfered from the Institute of Early American History and Culture.
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Preferred Citation:
Abbot E. Smith Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Scope and Contents
Research notes, 1930-1939, compiled by historian Abbot E. Smith for his monograph, Colonists in Bondage: White Servitude and Convict Labor in America, 1607-1766. His notes cover indentured servitude in the colonies -- convicts shipped to the colonies, legal status of indentured servants and their life in the colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Notebooks
Authors, American--20th century
Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774
Penal colonies, British
Box 1id145753/repositories/2/archival_objects/2682781930-1939Scope and ContentsResearch notes 1930-1939 compiled by historian Abbot E. Smith for his monograph, "Colonists in Bondage: White Servitude and Convict Labor in America, 1607-1766". His notes regarding indentured servitude in the colonies, convicts shipped to the colonies, legal status of indentured servants and their life in the colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Convict Transportation Part 1id145754/repositories/2/archival_objects/26828011Convict Transportation Part 2id145755/repositories/2/archival_objects/26828111Voyageid145756/repositories/2/archival_objects/26828212Germans & Swissid145757/repositories/2/archival_objects/26828313Irish, Scotch, & Scotch-Irishid145759/repositories/2/archival_objects/26828414Legal Aspects of Indentured Servitudeid145760/repositories/2/archival_objects/26828515New Englandid145761/repositories/2/archival_objects/26828616The Laws of Jamaicaid145762/repositories/2/archival_objects/26828717Acts of Barbados & Other Islands, Miscellaneous Actsid145763/repositories/2/archival_objects/26828818Miscellaneous Records of Indentured Servants Going to the Coloniesid145764/repositories/2/archival_objects/26828919Miscellaneous Records of Numbers of Indentured Servants in the Coloniesid145765/repositories/2/archival_objects/268290110Miscellaneous 1660-- (Numbers & Quality of Servants)id145766/repositories/2/archival_objects/268291111Nova Scotia--Georgiaid145767/repositories/2/archival_objects/268292112Emigrants from England--Treasury Figuresid145768/repositories/2/archival_objects/268293113Chapter 1id145769/repositories/2/archival_objects/268294114Virginia Companyid145770/repositories/2/archival_objects/268295115Virginia Company Ms Referencesid145771/repositories/2/archival_objects/268296116Miscellaneous to 1640id145772/repositories/2/archival_objects/268297117Miscellaneous Deeds & Inventories of Indentured Servantsid145773/repositories/2/archival_objects/268298118Treatment in Colonies, Characters, etc.id145774/repositories/2/archival_objects/268299119Laws, Taxes, Deficiency Laws, etc. - 18th Centuryid145775/repositories/2/archival_objects/268300120Convicts - 18th Centuryid145776/repositories/2/archival_objects/268301121Spiriting & Kidnappingid145777/repositories/2/archival_objects/268302122Kidnapping - 18th Centid145779/repositories/2/archival_objects/268303123Port of Philadelphia--See Also Germans, Irish, etc.id145778/repositories/2/archival_objects/268304124[Colonel Edward] Penruddock's Menid145780/repositories/2/archival_objects/268305125Indentures--Schemes of Service, etc.--Character of Servants, etc.id145781/repositories/2/archival_objects/268306126H[igh] C[ourt] A[dmiralty] Papersid145782/repositories/2/archival_objects/268307127Registry Offices, etc.id145783/repositories/2/archival_objects/268308128Poor Children & People--Council for N[ew] E[ngland]id145785/repositories/2/archival_objects/268309129Various Foreign Protestantsid145786/repositories/2/archival_objects/268310130Rogues & Vagabondsid145788/repositories/2/archival_objects/268311131Legal Notesid145789/repositories/2/archival_objects/268312132Providence Companyid145790/repositories/2/archival_objects/268313133Peopling of Jamaicaid145791/repositories/2/archival_objects/268314134Quakersid145792/repositories/2/archival_objects/268315135Miscellaneous, Convicts in England & Transportation to the Coloniesid145793/repositories/2/archival_objects/268316136Felons--Pardon Informationid145794/repositories/2/archival_objects/268317137Monmouth Rebelsid145795/repositories/2/archival_objects/268318138Recruiting of Servants for British Army in Coloniesid145796/repositories/2/archival_objects/268319139Rebels 1715, 1745id145797/repositories/2/archival_objects/268320140Shipment--Headrights--Chapter 11id145798/repositories/2/archival_objects/268321141Irelandid145799/repositories/2/archival_objects/268322142Scotland and Scots Prisonersid145800/repositories/2/archival_objects/268323143Treatment, etc. in the Coloniesid145801/repositories/2/archival_objects/268324144Barbados Council Minutesid145802/repositories/2/archival_objects/268325145Tables of sentencing, execution, & transportation of criminals from 1750-1772 in the Midland & Norfolk circuitsid145803/repositories/2/archival_objects/268326146Lists of Names of Convicts Pardoned for Transportation in 17th Cen+D109t from Patent Rollsid145804/repositories/2/archival_objects/268327147Miscellaneous Notes on 17th Century Musicid145805/repositories/2/archival_objects/268328148Box 2id145806/repositories/2/archival_objects/2682791930-1939Scope and ContentsResearch notes 1930-1939 compiled by historian Abbot E. Smith for his monograph, "Colonists in Bondage: White Servitude and Convict Labor in America, 1607-1766". His notes regarding indentured servitude in the colonies, convicts shipped to the colonies, legal status of indentured servants and their life in the colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Records of crimes and sentences of British convictsid145807/repositories/2/archival_objects/26832921The Transportation of Convicts to the American Colonies in the Seventeenth Centuryid145808/repositories/2/archival_objects/2683301934 January 221Scope and ContentsAbbot Emerson Smith, reprinted from the American Historical Review,VolumeXXIX, Number 2.
Lists of Ships Carrying Convicts to Colonies in the 18th Centuryid145809/repositories/2/archival_objects/26833122